Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"No, Prentals, you are not only a good staff officer, but you are also an excellent commander! The reason I say so much is that I hope to get your approval and help me win this battle! "Alexis said sincerely."

Printos looked at the front for a moment, and then said a moment later: "Master Commander, you see... The Carthaginians seem to be lengthening the array, so that their wings may exceed the bottom of the valley and stay close. The mountain, which limits the power of the Numibian cavalry. Since the Carthaginians desperately want to fight us, can we directly ask them to move forward and stay away from the mountain?"

Alexis's eyes lit up with a smile: "This is a good idea. We also tried to command Carthage's army."

Do what he said, he immediately selected a Carthage-speaking soldier from the escort, let him be the messenger, went to meet the head of the Carthage army, and made this request to him.

Ten minutes later, the soldier returned safely and conveyed the words of Carthage Commander Samus: he agreed to move the army forward.

In fact, Samuels did not feel angry after hearing the request from the Dionysian messenger, but was somewhat happy because he led the army out of the city to attract the Dionysian army and engage in battles. The Ionian army simply ignored it, and everything he did was in vain. Now the Dionysians make a request, but instead show that they have the will to fight. In order to achieve this goal, even if they can only temporarily give up a little The advantages are also acceptable.

When Samors ordered the entire array to move eastward, Alexis had returned to the camp. He called Amintas, Matonis, and Lizaru, and ordered them to proceed with the Carthage army. The command of the battle, the three army commanders listened excitedly.

Alexis then said seriously: "Amintas, Matonis, Lizaru, please tell the soldiers of the legion, this may be the last battle in this long war, the Carthaginians defend themselves Your homeland will fight desperately! If the final kingdom wins, they will win the supreme honor! If they fail, we will have no way back! The outcome of the battle will ultimately depend on whether they fight hard!"

Amintas said confidently immediately: You can rest assured that the soldiers of the First Legion have gone through hundreds of battles and do not require us to do mobilization. They know when and what to do.

Matonis and Lizaru also expressed the same opinion.

Before landing in Afrika, the three legions had experienced battles and had casualties, especially the first legion defended Serinus. The number of casualties was close to a quarter of the total number of legions. If it is not supplemented, it is difficult to play. It was out of combat, but it was undoubtedly too long to transfer the reserve soldiers from Turui, so Deverst allowed the three legions to recruit soldiers from other legions to supplement the establishment.

The three army commanders took this instruction from Daveus and were excited to mobilize elite soldiers in each army. Except for the fourth army, other army leaders actively cooperated. After all, most of the team officers and soldiers under their command Urgently want to go to Africa to make new achievements and win honors.Therefore, at this time, the nearly full-fledged three legions are much stronger in terms of experience and combat strength than they were at the beginning of the war, which gave Amintas enough self-confidence.

In February 378 BC (16 years of the Kingdom of Dionysia), on February 6th, the area of ​​Addis and Hadrummentum was clear. Although it was still winter, it was refreshing at noon in this coastal area , Suitable for traveling, but the armies of both Dionysian and Carthage opened the battlefield here.

There are 6,000 Carthage heavy infantry, 4,000 Carthage sacred legion infantry, 2500 Carthage light armor, 1,500 Carthage light infantry, 600 sacred cavalry cavalry, and 3,000 troops in the Carthage army The newly added reinforcements consisting of Carthage's elderly and young people, plus 6,200 Phoenician reinforcements (including 3,000 heavy infantry, 1,000 light armor, 2,000 light infantry, and 200 cavalry), total The strength is 23,800 soldiers.

The Dionysian army against it consists of three regiments and the Sinomibian cavalry, of which the Dionysian regiment has 18,000 heavy infantry, 3000 light infantry, 3000 light armor, and 2500 Xinumi Bia cavalry, a total of 26,500 soldiers.

The Carthage army had already formed a formation early on. Later, after observing the formation of the Dionysian army, Somers made some adjustments. The final arrangement is: the middle road is 4000 soldiers of the Holy Corps in the front. 3000 new reinforcements composed of old and young men are arranged in the rear; the left wing is 6000 Carthage heavy infantry, the left wing is 600 sacred corps cavalry; the right wing is 3000 Phoenician heavy infantry in the front, and the rear is 2500 A light armoured soldier with 200 Phoenician cavalry around the right wing.In addition, Summers placed an average of 4,500 light infantry behind the array.

If the formation of Carthage is that the left, center and right are relatively balanced and the left is relatively strong, the strength of the left, center and right of the Dionysia array is exactly the same: the first legion is in the middle The second legion was on the left and the third legion was on the right. 2,500 West Nubian Brigade cavalry were evenly distributed on the outer sides of the two wings. Alexis only left 3,000 light armoured troops as a reserve team.

The formation of the two sides is not surprising, that is, the most common formation of the heavy infantry battles of the Greek city-states in the early years. Even in the Greek mainland where wars are frequent nowadays, it is becoming rarer, but such mediocre formations will fight. Decide the rise and fall of a city-state that once had a glorious history.

The soldiers on both sides of the array seemed to realize the importance of this battle. They stopped all the noise and stood quietly. The dust that was stirred up gradually dispersed, and the soldiers could clearly see hundreds of meters. The face of the opponent outside.

On this wide and flat brown-yellow land, the several-mile array formed by Carthage and Dionysian army is like a parallel line of black and white, and the contrast between black and white is so sharp, like Day and night are destined not to coexist.

"Woo!!!" The trumpet sounded loudly, and the Dionysian army first launched the offensive. The slingers, javelin throwers, and archers rushed through the checkerboard formation as fast as the running water, rushing towards the Carthage formation.

The Carthage army then blew towards the offensive horn, but they did not let the light infantry out of the array to fight against the Dionysian light infantry, but the entire formation accelerated.

When the Dionysian light infantry had just rushed out of the array, the two-winged East Numbian cavalry had approached the array of the two wings of Carthage.

However, the cavalry in the Carthage array did not attack, but withdrew further back. After all, the Carthage had had too many dealings with the Sinomibian cavalry and knew its characteristics.

As the Sinomibian cavalry continued to move forward and began to prepare bows for archery, the light infantry archers at the rear of the Carthage array, relying on the long range of their step bows, began to target the two-wing Sinomibian cavalry. Arrow rain was shot.

At the same time, the lead shot thrown by the stone-throwing soldiers of the First Army of Dionynia has flown over the Carthage formation...

Arrows, javelins, and lead shots continuously flew into the Carthage formation, and the screams continued, but the Carthage soldiers were unmoved. They charged forward firmly, and soon joined Dionysius. The Asian soldiers were fighting together.

The spear is broken, the shield is broken, flesh and blood are flying, and the killing sound is shaking...

One side is the new force that rises in the Western Mediterranean. The soldiers are well-trained and elite, with passion and pride, and vow to win more glorious glory; the other side is a veteran powerhouse with hundreds of years of history, pride and Although glory has become a thing of the past, but now the powerful enemies invade, and the soldiers have only one idea in their hearts to "defend their homes and drive away the enemies", for which they are not afraid of sacrifice.

Therefore, although the Dionysian army is superior in strength, the quality of the soldiers is stronger than that of the other party, it is more efficient than the other party in the organization of the army, and it is also better than the other party in the cooperation of the soldiers... But, in the battle More than an hour later, the entire front of Carthage retreated somewhat, but the two sides remained basically even.

Even the Carthaginians had the upper hand in cavalry.Samuels used light infantry to fight against the windy Sinubian cavalry. After a long battle, the Sinuimibian cavalry were tired of horses and arrows, and they had never used them. Do direct confrontation with the enemy, so basically it can be said that it has lost its fighting power.

At this time, Samus sent the cavalry and Phoenician cavalry of the sacred corps, which had been intensively trained in the rear, to send them together to attack the left flank of Dionysia.

Alexis had to send three thousand light armor as reserve teams to the left to eliminate the threat.

Knowing that the cavalry's attack was contained by the enemy, I saw that the soldiers who had been fighting for a long time had been sweating and exhausted, and the entire front was slowly receding...The worry in Samor's heart was gradually increasing.

Before that, he had never fought against the Dionysian army. He spent most of his military command career conquering and suppressing the Numbians, and has been smooth and undefeated.Although he heard a lot about the powerful and terrible Dionysian army, he did not take it seriously. According to the situation he learned, he believed that in this war, the reason why Carthage faced today’s predicament, Mainly because of the strength of the Dionysian navy, the Carthage navy suffered a fierce defeat, and in terms of the army, the strength of the two sides should be similar.

Because in Samors' view, the only way to truly test the combat effectiveness of the army is to conduct battles, and not many battles are carried out in this war.